Page 5: Historical Events In May - 24

1895  Playright Oscar Wilde is convicted on a morals charge in London and sentenced to prison on this day in history.   

1895  On this day in history henry Irving becomes 1st theatrical knight   

1895  H S T L "Stork" Hendry, cricketer (Australian all-rounder post-WWI) on this day in history.   

1895  Joseph Quinaux, Belgian painter, dies at 73 on this day in history.   

1898  Kathleen Hale, British children book writer/illustrator (Orlando) on this day in history.   

1899  On May - 24 the first auto repair shop opens in Boston   

1899  1st auto repair shop opens (Boston) on this day in history.   

1899  On this day in history suzanne Lenglen, France, Wimbledon tennis champion (6-times)   

1900  Australians cross Vaal River in South Africa on this day in history.   

1900  Britain annexes Orange Free State on this day in history.   

1900  34th Belmont: Nash Turner aboard Ildrim wins in 2:21¼ on this day in history.   

1901  Seventy-eight miners die in the Caerphilly pit disaster in South Wales on this day in history.   

1902  Empire Day first celebrated in Britain on May - 24.   

1902  On this day in history empire Day 1st celebrated in Britain   

1903  On May - 24 aram Katchaturian, Armenian composer, (Earth)   

1904  George Formby, [William Booth], Brit singer/comic (Let George Do It) on this day in history.   

1905  39th Belmont: Eugene Hildebrand aboard Tanya wins in 2:08 on May - 24.   

1905  Mikhail Sholokhov, USSR, writer (And Quiet Flows the Don, Nobel 1965) on May - 24.   

1906  On this day in history edmund Sargant, solicitor   

1908  On May - 24 belgium Catholic socialist/liberal parliamentary election   

1908  Kresimir Fribec, composer on this day in history.   

1909  Bristol University granted Royal Charter on this day in history.   

1909  On this day in history guillermo Diaz-Plaja, Spanish literary/poet (Lorca)   

1910  Margers Zarins, composer on May - 24.   

1912  Joan Hammond, British operatic soprano on May - 24.   

1913  Audrey Brown, England, 4 X 100m runner (Olympic-silver-1936) on May - 24.   

1914  On this day in history clifford Irving, Chairman (Isle of Man Govt)   

1915  On May - 24 enemy Contracts Annulment Act   

1915  On May - 24 formal truce on Gallipoli during which the Turkish dead of the 19 May attacks are buried   

1915  Italy declares war on Austria-Hungary on this day in history.   

1915  Thomas Edison invents telescribe to record telephone conversations on May - 24.   

1916  Conscription begins in Britain on May - 24.   

1916  French driven out of Fort Douaumont after 500 killed or injured on May - 24.   

1916  Last British-Indian contract workers arrive in Suriname on this day in history.   

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1522  John Jewel, English bishop (d. 1571) was born on this day in history.   

1544  William Gilbert, Essex England, physicist (researcher into magnetism) was born on this day in history.   

1605  Nikon, [Nikita Minin], patriarch of Russian-orthodox church was born on this day in history.   

1610  Giovanni Battista Chinelli, composer was born on May - 24.   

1616  On May - 24 birth of john Maitland, Duke of Lauderdale (d. 1682)   

1619  On May - 24 birth of philips Wouwerman(s), Dutch painter   

1650  On May - 24 birth of john Churchill, 1st duke of Marlborough, English general strategist   

1671  Gian Gastone de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1737) was born on this day in history.   

1144  On this day in history petronella, wife of earl Floris II the Vette of Holland/regent, dies   

1153  David I, King of Scotland, dies on May - 24.   

1351  On this day in history death of abu al-Hasan 'Ali, Sultan of Morocco (b. circa 1297)   

1408  Death of Taejo of Joseon, ruler of Korea (b. 1335) on this day in history.   

1425  On this day in history death of murdoch Stewart, 2nd Duke of Albany, Scottish politician (b. 1362)   

1456  Death of Ambroise de Loré, French military commander (b. 1396) on this day in history.   

1543  Nicolas Copernicus, astronomer, dies in Poland on this day in history.   

1612  Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury/PM (1598-1612), dies at 48 on this day in history.